Since I manage a storage property, I have a few units jammed with goodies in numerous 30 gallon bins. My OCD nature demands that everything is seperated by scale or theme. Yes, it's really fun to pack up over a thousand figures, let me tell you.
So last night, after 12 hours of work, I came home and decided to start putting up shelves. I had to do a bit of cutting and lite sanding, but it's not a big deal. 6 shelves are up with 2 more to go (most likely tonight or Sunday).
I brought a few bins home and just threw some figures up on them, so I can get what I want out of their plastic confinement and get the rest back to storage. This is the result. . .
THIS IS STRICTLY A W.I.P. (Work in Progress):
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1) On the left, there are two bookshelves in the closet space (I removed the doors because I don't need it. I have a huge closet right outside that doorway to the right). In front are tool storage bins I use to keep individual loose figures in. That green and pink atrocity on the bottom right is called a "Pie Safe" and belongs to Amy. I'm trying to convice her to get rid of it (I need more room).
2) Top shelf is the start of my Bruce Campbell/Evil Dead shrine. Most of my friends know that wherever I have lived there has been some sort of Bruce display or, at the very least, a Necronomicon!
The bottom shelf is mainly DC Universe Classics figures with a few Marvel Legends & misc. figures thrown in (for now). I sold off 30 Marvel Legends figures 2 years ago in a severe financial pinch. I made $1200.00 but gave up some VERY nice figures that have tripled in price since (I'm not a TOTAL geek, part of this is financial).
3) I started laying out the figures and began a lil Avengers setup! Hulk, Thor, Iron Man & Nick Fury, plus a few GI Joes that will be moved when I set them up.
4) The Cobra Command: Arch Enemy of G.I. Joe. Cobra Commander in front of his Snake-Head throne with Tomax & Xamot in front of him and High Command at his side: Baroness, Storm Shadow, Dr. Mindbender & Wraith at his left hand, Destro, Major Bludd, Zartan & Firefly to his right, the Dreadnoks in front of them. To the far right is Serpentor in his Chariot that I put on a clear stand. Looks like his chariot is floating doesn't it? "This I command!" There are more Cobra Soldiers & Officers on each side, but I cropped the pic down for some details!
Well, that's it for now, but looking at these pictures makes me think of a bit of dialogue from a film called "Free Enterprise" where the main character has a nice vintage toy collection (ala "The 40 year old virgin") and asks a girl he's just brought home if she likes his place. She looks around and says... "It looks like a really rich fourth grader lives here."
